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The School of Greatness

796 Pete Holmes: Having Hindsight Now

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

FIND YOUR FLOW. You can’t always be achieving. You can’t always win, always give, and always be making an impact. Sometimes you have to receive, too. It’s how the universe works. You have to balance your “in” with your “out.” Even when the water recedes back from the shore it’s still the ocean. On today’s episode of The School of Greatness, I talk about being equally grateful for the busy times and the quiet ones with a successful podcast host, author, and comedian: Pete Holmes. Pete Holmes is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer who premiered his own talk show, The Pete Holmes Show, on TBS in 2013. He went on to create and star in the hit HBO series Crashing, and he also hosts the podcast You Made It Weird. Pete has learned to say, “Yes, thank you” to whatever happens to him. So get ready to learn approach life with an abundance model on Episode 796. Some Questions I Ask: Why can’t you just achieve all the time? (26:22) How did you show getting canceled make you feel? (28:30) What does happiness mean? (42:55) What’s the biggest challenge in your life you’re actually grateful for? (1:00:00) In This Episode You Will Learn: How to have balance in life (10:00) How your thoughts don’t have power on their own (37:00) About your false self (44:00) How Pete deals with anger and sadness (55:00) How psychedelics changed Pete’s mindset (1:09:30)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is episode number 796 with the hilarious and wise Pete Holmes.

0:08.1

Welcome to the School of Greatness.

0:11.4

My name is Louis Howes, a former pro athlete, turned lifestyle entrepreneur.

0:15.5

In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock

0:21.4

your inner greatness.

0:23.4

Thanks for spending some time with me today.

0:25.2

Now let the class begin.

0:30.0

Benjamin Franklin said, without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement,

0:40.0

achievement and success have no meaning.

0:44.1

Welcome to today's episode.

0:46.7

This one goes in some interesting directions that I think you're going to enjoy and it

0:52.1

gets there pretty quick.

0:54.0

For those that don't know, Pete Holmes is a comedian, writer, cartoonist and podcast

0:59.4

you might know him from his podcast, you made it weird or the Pete Holmes show.

1:03.6

Pete is also created and starred in the semi-auto biographical HBO show, Crashing, which he

1:09.4

executive produced alongside Judd Apatow.

1:12.7

An accomplished stand-up with three hour long television specials and enumerous late-night

1:17.9

appearances.

1:18.9

He continues to tour regularly to sold out crowds in his latest book, Comedy Six God is

1:25.8

available and it's out for pre-order right now.

1:29.0

In this interview, we talk about how suffering is the fuel or energy that takes you where

1:33.7

you need to go.

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